Kenneth and Nancy Burks own and operate one of the city’s oldest businesses, Messina Shoe Repair, in the Four Corners shopping center on Josey Lane. In 1964, Kenneth Burks, then 21, purchased the shop from its first owner, Lewis Messina. Since then, he has been the store’s shoe repairman.

The Dallas Observerreported Friday that TGI Fridays was going to open a new restaurant just across the Dallas North Tollway from an already-existing TGI Fridays. Even in the land of chain restaurants, that's odd, no?

You’re getting new neighbors on July 25.On that day, your neighborsgo edition will be renamed Northwest Dallas County. Inside, you’ll still find all the Carrollton-Farmers Branch coverage of news, events...

When I was a young horticulturist, I saw a collection of ornamental grasses growing in a university’s perennial gardens. We’re all in love with these plants for their ease, grace and beauty. There are a couple of dozen common types in the nursery trade today.

Orlando Campos knows a thing or two about growing business in the community. Campos, who’s been with the town of Addison for more than three years, was brought in to help lay the foundation for the town’s economic development department.

I grew up with St. Augustine turf in College Station. I still have St. Augustine turf today, even though we live 3 1/2 hours farther north. A lot of years have passed, and St. Augustine has accumulated...

Most cities in our area are facing the strictest water curtailments in recent history. That’s partly because of extremely low lake levels, of course, but it’s also because of the rampant growth of our...

Whether or not you’re a sports enthusiast, it’s hard to miss the coverage of the 2014 World Cup. So when I learned that a futsal organization is in northwest Carrollton, I knew I had to find out more about...

Esteban Mariel, now 27, and his brother, Manuel, are co-founders, co-owners and directors for City Futsal in Carrollton. The futsal training facility works with athletes on their individual performance, rather than as a team. Since the brothers began the Carrollton organization in 2011, the facility has expanded its presence through programs and participation for student athletes.

The Carrollton Public Library at Josey Ranch Lake will continue its movie screening series at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at 1700 Keller Springs Road. The library will show Monsters University at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Dallas-based Atmos Energy is proposing a $45 million rate increase to pay for updates to its aging system, but more than 130 cities are fighting the proposal. Do you think the Atmos rate increase is warranted?

Sergio Martinez came to the United States from Mexico when he was in seventh grade, said his uncle showed him a video on Yale University the summer after freshman year. But late into the first semester of his sophomore year, Martinez stumbled across Harvard.

WaterTower Theatre was founded in in 1996 and evolved out of Addison Community Theatre and Addison Centre Theatre; it now serves as the second largest regional theater in Dallas after Dallas Theater Center and is the only professional theater north of LBJ Freeway.

The Carrollton Police Department recently offered a Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) class May 17 and May 18. Should local police departments offer more safety classes to area residents? What if any programs would you like to see offered in your community?

One of the oldest pieces of the city’s history sitssits unused at the southwest corner of Denton Drive and the Cotton Belt railroad alongside the 21st century version of rail travel — the DART Green Line.

The inaugural Fork and Cork food festival on Friday and Saturday replaced Taste Addison. Gone were the carnival games and the corny dogs. Fork and Cork was a 21-and-up fest that focused on chefs and their food.

Winter 2013-14 seems like a distant memory. After all, we’re here in mid-May. However, our last killing frost was little more than a month ago, and we’re still trying to figure out what we need to do next....

The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of prayer in public meetings. The cities of Carrollton and Farmers Branch both hold invocations at the beginning of City Council meetings. Do you agree or disagree that invocations should be used in public meetings?

Carrollton resident Dorothy Murphy, 90, has witnessed the evolution of the community and school district since she first began volunteering. Murphy is just one of many volunteers in the districtC-FB ISD who have donated over amore than a decade of volunteer service toward students and teachers in the district.

The Branch Crossing neighborhood is bound on the east by Tom Field Road, on the west and south by Epps Field Road and on the south by Farmers Branch Lane. Rawhide Creek runs on the west side of the area, and the city’s Historical Park, bird sanctuary and Fuller Rose Garden also border the neighborhood.

Large journeys begin as small steps, and that’s certainly the case with landscape design. Most of us look at a plot of bare ground as a big mass of empty space. The idea of turning it into an appealing...

The motto of all rotary clubs is “service above self.” The members of these clubs emulate this motto in a big way to our community. They are truly some of the greatest community cheerleaders for positive change we have.

Trinity Christian Academy led a pack of 11 contending schools with 11 nominations in 14 categories, including Best Musical, for its production of Oklahoma!, when Lyric Stage released its fourth annual Schmidt and Jones recognition of excellence in high s

Akin Babatunde, an acting, directing and writing force in North Texas for decades, directed back-to-back productions of Ain't Misbehavin', which closed Sunday at Jubilee Theatre in Fort Worth and Spunk at WaterTower Theatre in Addison, which continues th

PACE, a nonprofit, community service organization for black women, has served the community for 30 years. During that time, the club has donated more than $40,000 in scholarship funds to black female area high school students.

MIDLAND, Texas — A Carrollton woman has been arrested in a cooked corn dog dispute at a West Texas business. Midland County jail records show 45-year-old Charmelle Henry was being held Thursday on two...

Local actress Sarah Elizabeth Smith, a WaterTower Theatre and PFamly Arts veteran, wowed the crowd when she sang a duet with Idina Menzel following a performance of Broadway's If/Then on Saturday night, CultureMap Dallas reports.